Doll



May 13, 1952 B. mar-:RG 2,596,491

DOLL

Filed Aug. 4, 1950` Patented May 13, 1952 roo .sirA'rfE-s PAT-ENT ori-ziet DOLL l:Beni aminKinberg, New Xork,`N.'. Y.

ApplicationA-ug-ustfl, 1950, SerialfNo. 177599 -3 Claims. T-1

This 1 invention relates to dolls,` and --the-.main

object is theiprovision-fofllaidoll including a-.body

having the "legs fth'ereof pivoted to the body fand hav-ing -means ifor normally surging the doll .to

move the body'ithereofi `from substantially fa j-posi- 5 tion of vlongitudinali` alignment with the. legs` -i-nto --a position whereinvthehody is. at approximately rights-angles to the legs.

Another object of the invention .is the.provi sion of a 'doll as above-mentioned, hav-ingtheilO' "feet ordegs thereof `weghtedso-that, whenL-the doll .is laidl on its back Yin extended ,.position. 4the said"ineans will cause "theI body to. pivot.. upward into approxiinatehrl vertical `position"'i'vh'ile'fthe weighted legs remain in horizontal position.

AOwi'r'ig'to the ineans set foith in the first parad'oll, as will become vapparent' below.

"'he 'above as welll` as-ad'ditional objects will be' elaried.` inf-the following description, -wherein characters of "reference refer" to' like-numloered` 3 neither .desired 1101". inteddft .llllil` th kin'llenof constructionfsliown.except nsofaras theymay he deemed essentialto' the invention. .Referring hriey tothedrawing,

with .partsbrokenawayandpartlyyin sectiomnnd showingealso fragmentarilyin .broken ,lines .the

(CLAS-119) nticalpositionfand in broken' linesthe bodyin the horizontalposition shown in Fig. 1.

IFigJBfis `.a :sectional .view taken onthe line portion of `Fig, including -the :actuating cylini der, with .the latter shown in longitudinal section.

Referring irl-"detail -to the.drawing,..the numeral i9 indicates-the .body ofeadollfwhich is: .wholly lor .partly hollow, and .thenumeralf l l indicates .the

`legs which are. weighted in ,vanydesred ,manner las,.-for example, by. means. of ,metallic inserts or ..lle-rsil 2. ,It is to .benoted thattheopposed inner surfaces-of theupper ends v.of-the legs Il, shown at 13,. are. vflat :and mutually.. parallel.

iThe lupper;` portion` [4 4of. the fbody l0, is ,Wider thanV the .lower..portion .l5.thereof; fact, .the latterconstitutes a reducedextension ofthe kup- A-per vportion 44,.,and its sides Altare also ,flatand mutually parallel A: .yoke I1 :has .two .mutually parallel extensions A-I iinbeddedin the `upper endsofthe legs I I ,and

extending `from 'the aligned .arms 4I 9, vthe latter passing through alignedbearingsoropenings 20 `in..the-loody.. extension l5. .-.Aorankll extends l.fromtltie'juxtaposed ends. ofthe `yoke `arms I9 and a sleeve.22,.rigid ona pstonrod 2.3, .registers rotatably Lon theshaft-like junction 124 at the foihe saidfiiiieivarbitiiiie arid ihenwi11moitie'` 4f assume ihe'sitting position. "mosaici-interval or 3*" `time 'can be controlled n'themanufa'cture of the extremity .of i the. crank; 2 l `that is, Vthe junction between the. opposedarrns of. the crank 2 I.

...A cylinder. .25` hasa piston" 26, rigid onthe rod iv 23,. slidable. therein, lwith ,-a coiled compression springl2 l.. positioned between 4ithe. piston! 26..,and .the head `end128 of the. cylinder. iAt a, pointbetween the..m'iddle, .of C the` cylinder .and the head ,end.,thereof,.y an. opening or ventg29 is,l ,provided 'through the cylinderwall. A longitudinal` groove 29a extends.alongltheinsideof the cylinderwall betweenn the vent 2-9 and the head. of the. cylintionnecessarily toany or.. all ofthe exactr detalls 40 der. The opening .25a in the bottomei 1the Vcylirider,"` through whichthepistonrod23 passes, lis of. sufficiently .greater area, than the. crossesec- .Y tionalareaof the rod .23 vto .permit of free.` passage k y s n .ofair.. therethrough in `either directionpastthe fEig. lis ausideielevational view .ofA .thedoll big,

Athis inventionlying onV itshackin extended position prior tolassuming.lthe-.sitting.11p position,

rod23. ilAnearll extends fromfthe headendof .the c5/1inderand'` is: provided with. a bearinggopening 3 i therethrough.

Thabody l D. of they dollV is formedof: twogb- Hlaterallysymmetrical halves Ifllaand 1lllbwhich are -joinedwalong `the line 32q;inassembling :the

doll. f Nearithe `upper :end(Jiipthebodyr illialigned proj ectionsA 3 3, :preferably circular in fcrossrsecand 10b and meet-.within therfopeningilioithe in full lines the body in raised substantiallyfver-i:55:-earf30- Thus,` the -combinedprojections 33con ance opening 25a.

stitute a pivot pin whereby the upper end of the cylinder 25 is pivoted to the upper end of the body IB.

The operation of the doll is as follows. Normally, as above mentioned, the doll assumes the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2. The doll is rst cocked, that is, the body l is swung down either into or somewhat beyond a position of alignment with the legs, the last-named position being indicated in broken lines in Fig. l. Y Assuming that the body is swung downward, Fig. 1J to assume a position so that it extends downward at a small angle with respect to the horizontal (which it can be made to do if the doll is held in the hands), it is apparent that the piston 26 will have been moved very close to the head en-d 23 of the cylinder thus compressing the spring 21. During this cooking movement of the body, while the piston is moving from the lowermost position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in broken lines in Fig. l, the air between the piston and the head of the cylinder ows out through the vent 29 and air is drawn into the lower portion of the cylinder through the clear- However, when the piston gets beyond the vent 29 in its forward travel, its force tends to compress the air caught between the piston and the head end of the cylinder, eX- ceptthat a leakage escape is provided by the groove 29a and through the vent 29 and opening 25a, thus permitting thev piston to travel to a position very'close to the head end of the cylinder. However, although the groove 29a has been defined as a groove, it is in fact of very small, almost minute, cross-section, and even a scratch made with a suitable tool such as an awl, on the wall ci the cylinder, will suffice as a means of air leakage past the piston. in fact, in case the interior wall of the cylinder is not machined to a good degree of smoothness, suicient leakage will be provided by the imperfections of the cylinder surface in that air may pass between the piston and theV depressions between the raised portions of the unsmoothed surface.

Thus, immediately after "cocking the doll as aforesaid, when it is placed on its` back on a table 'or the like, thedegree of compression remaining in the head of the cylinder will force the piston back a very small distance, sucient to align the body and legs substantially as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. After being thus placed on its back, the doll will be moved imperceptibly by movement A to the left (Fig. 1) of the piston consequent to the very small rate of iiow of air past the piston through the groove 29a and out into the lower end of the cylinder or through the vent 29, thus very slowly relieving the compression in the head end of the cylinder. Likewise, the force of the compressed. spring 2l is at work, but as it tends to push the piston back its action is resisted bythe tendency to create a vacuum at the head of the cylinder and the only air inlet to relieve this vacuum is the groove 29a. As a result of these conditions, the piston will at rst move so slowly to the left that its effect on the body IG, that is, pivoting the body iii upward, is actually imperceptible during this time. However, as soon as the piston has been moved a suihcient distance to the left to begin to clear, and then to clear, the Vent 29 sol that air can rush through the vent into the head end of the cylinder, the full force of the spring will become effective in moving the piston rapidly to the left so that the body l will rapidly swing into the sitting position.

The amount of time after laying the doll fiat 4 on a surface, as shown in Fig, l, intervening before the doll will visibly pivot into sitting position, is controllable during manufacture in that the vent 29 may be positioned as shown, or more or less distant from the head of the cylinder, as is obvious. Y

The weighted legs of course prevent the legs from rising and cause the body, instead, to pivot about the axis of connection between the legs and body. Since, during pivoting of the body, the lower end of the body, shown at 33, swings throughl an arc, to facilitate operation of the doll the lower end 33 of the body is circularly curved with the center of curvature lying in the axis of the yoke arms IS. rIhe rear portion 34 of the lower end 33 of the body is likewise curved along a continuation of the arc of the bottom 33 to provide clearance for the crank 2| and sleeve 22.

Provision of the two halves Illa and lllb joined along the line 32, permits of easy assembling of the complete doll. Provision of the at surfaces i3 on the legs Il and the at surfaces i6 on the body extension l5, permits of the relative rotary movement between the body and the legs with a minimum of resistance and friction. Y

In case a child wishes to keep the doll in hor- 1. A-gure comprising a hollow body and two v legs, a crank shaft having a crank intermediate the length thereof, the ends'of said shaft being rigidly secured to said legs thereby pivoting said legs to said body, means connecting said body with said legs for normally urging said body to pivot about said legs from a cocked position in which said body and legs are substantially in alignment to a position in which said body lies at a substantially large angle to said legs, said meansV comprising a cylinder mounted in said body, a piston slidably mounted in said cylinder, a piston rod extending from said piston and having the free end thereof pivoted to said crank, a compression spring mounted in said cylinder between said piston and the head end of the cylinder, said cylinder having a vent through the wall thereof positioned between approximately the middle of the cylinder and the head end thereof, an air escape passage of smaller crosssectional area than that of said vent for escape of air past said piston, forcible manual alignment of said body with said legs causing said crank to push said piston from a position rearward of said vent to a position near the head end of the cylinder thereby compressing said spring and partly compressing the air in the cylinder between said vent and the head of the cylinder after said piston has passed said vent in moving toward the head of theV cylinder and thus forcing said partly compressed air through said escape passage and outthrough said vent, subsequent release of said ligure causing said spring to expand to urge said piston outward from the cylinder, the outward movement of the piston thus resulting being resisted and hence slowed for an interval of time until the piston has moved rearward past said vent owing to the relatively smaller cross-sectional area of said escape passage. Y

2,596,491 5 2. The figure set forth in claim 1, said escape REFERENCES CITED passage Comprising a' longitudinal groove on the The following references are of record in the inside of the cylinder wail extending toward the me of this patent: head end of the cylinder from said vent.

3. The ligure setl forth in claim 1, having means 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS for pivoting the upper end of said cylinder in Number Name Date said body, said means comprising a pin inside 156,660 Clay Nov. 10, 1874 said body, an ear on said upper end of the cylinder, said ear having an opening therethrough, FOREIGN PATENTS said pin registering in said opening. 10 Number COUH'GYY Date 335,975 France Dec. 23, 1903 BENJAMIN KINBERG. 12,329 Great Britain 1915 

